tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35007929526646314162024-03-13T23:38:32.381-05:00The Greening of NorthcenterThe Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-42892999604997466202014-01-16T16:04:00.000-06:002014-01-16T16:04:51.577-06:00NNA's First Xmas Tree Recycle Project was a HUGE Success!
On January 12, 2014 the Tree Recycling Sunday was a huge success! Spearheaded by NNA member, Kathleen Abbott, 178 trees were saved from the landfill and chopped into mulch.
Abbot and a hardy crew of volunteers — husband Stephen Waguespack, Mark Buban, Will Hobert and George Niño, and NNA board members Susan Reed Schwartz, Karen Carter Lynch and Julie Hobert — combed North Center's The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-55679639568706566642013-10-03T10:19:00.000-05:002013-10-03T10:19:45.434-05:00Great Lakes Bioneers Chicago - Celebrating Community Resilience
If you are planning on attending this year’s Bioneers event at Roosevelt University on November 1-3, now is the best time to buy your early bird tickets (Oct 3rd). For information and tickets go to www.bioneerschicago.org. This is an event that strongly reflects the environmental committees values!
Elizabeth Wenscott (head of our Environmental Committee) has been hard The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-68411472977173011622013-10-03T07:51:00.001-05:002013-10-03T07:51:53.402-05:00White lined sphinx mothIf you have been to Montrose Green community garden after dusk, you have probably seen this moth. It is often misstaken for a hummingbird.http://youtu.be/S0qm_L_HPdMThe Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-44720673245020692342013-04-14T08:49:00.001-05:002013-04-14T09:13:13.523-05:00Earth Day - 5 TipsHello NNA members,
By Michael Askenasi
In anticipation of Earth Day on April 20th, we offer you these 5 easy tips to help the environment through the spring/summer months:
1) NO IDLING – Idling is a huge waste of gas and studies have shown that even in winter, cars only need up to 20 seconds to warm up. So for example, the next you’re waiting to pick up you child from school, turn The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-64087449027302358872013-01-30T12:22:00.000-06:002013-01-30T12:35:49.755-06:00February 6th and March 6th (NEW INITIATIVES DAY)
Committee Meetings - New Initiatives Day - Feb 6th and March 6th
Environmental Committee meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month (unless otherwise noted), 7 pm at Paul Revere Fieldhouse.
February 6th and March 6th (NEW INITIATIVES DAY)
Have you been wanting to join NNA's exciting Environmental Committee? Then all that is required is that you The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-83185683721305460292012-11-08T14:38:00.000-06:002012-11-08T14:39:44.201-06:00Save Energy this Winter: Take these Small Steps
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$ Lower Your Thermostat.
$ Set Your Thermostat to 65
Degrees (or
lower) at Night instead of 70 Degrees.
$ Switch
to a Programmable Thermostat so Heat can be Turned Down Automatically at Night
or While you are at Work.
$ Get Your The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-82052510263633661752012-11-08T14:11:00.002-06:002012-11-08T14:11:51.995-06:00Monday, Nov 26th, Sulzer Library - An Evening with Your Drafty HouseThe Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-16914291932520837182012-11-08T14:05:00.001-06:002012-11-08T14:05:42.796-06:00Chicagoans vote yes on municipal aggregation, provoking cheers and skepticism
Posted on MIDWEST ENERGY NEWS 11/06/2012 by Kari Lydersen
Chicago voters have approved a ballot referendum authorizing the city to move forward with municipal aggregation, wherein the city will buy electricity on behalf of close to one million residents.
City officials had promoted aggregation primarily as a way to save money for ratepayers, compared to the rates they The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-42072276298547727942012-11-08T13:56:00.000-06:002012-11-08T13:57:41.141-06:00What Is Electrical Aggregation?
What Is Electrical Aggregation?
Simply put, electrical aggregation allows municipalities to negotiate lower electrical rates on behalf of residents and small businesses. The City of Chicago is asking voters to support a ballot initiative in favor of aggregation on November 6th. If the measure passes, the City would be able to use the bargaining power of close to 1 million Chicagoans to The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-27288394223224199292012-10-12T15:16:00.001-05:002012-10-12T15:16:39.368-05:0020% Discount to Great Lakes Bioneers Chicago
GREAT LAKES BIONEERS CHICAGO, The Living City
Building a Future Guided by Nature
November 2nd - 4th
UIC Student Center East
750 S. Halsted
http://bioneerschicago.org
Elizabeth Wenscott who is the head of NNA's Environmental Committee is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Great Lakes Bioneers Chicago conference has graciously set up a discount code for any Resident Members orThe Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-70705292340259501912012-10-01T12:25:00.001-05:002012-10-01T12:26:18.192-05:00Great Lakes Bioneers Chicago, The Living City
Great Lakes Bioneers Chicago, The Living City November 2-4, 2012-Chicago, becomes the largest Bioneers city in the nation!
Bioneers (root: "biological pioneer") the term describes individuals and groups working in diverse disciplines who have crafted creative solutions to various environmental and socio-cultural problems rooted in shared core values, including whole systems, (The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-24258005425212605352012-10-01T12:18:00.000-05:002012-10-01T12:20:15.685-05:00Parkway Corner Initiative VideoThis short video (without music or sound) was created for Laurel Ross when presenting a ”TED style” talk with photos showing how people are making a difference in restoring health to natural areas in the Chicago region on three scales: in the entire metro region (Chicago Wilderness); at a forest preserve site on the far southside (Beaubien Woods); and on parkway corners in a The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-8733203643286699202012-06-15T14:16:00.001-05:002012-06-15T14:16:09.017-05:00Flower Power: Northcenter Garden Walk on Saturday
The Northcenter Neighborhood Association’s Garden Walk, set for June 16, is a great opportunity to see how the other half lives. And by “other half,” we mean the kind of people who know the difference between a dahlia and zinnia.
For the rest of the article written by Patty Wetli, go to http://www.centersquarejournal.com/news/flower-power-northcenter-garden-walk-on-saturdayThe Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-90137054579172752142012-06-10T22:10:00.001-05:002012-06-10T22:11:28.278-05:006th Annual Northcenter Garden Walk
The 6th Annual Northcenter Neighborhood Assoc. Garden Walk, Saturday June 16.
47 gardens, a 137 plot community garden, 8 live bands, and several artists showing their work!!!
There are two starting points to pick up maps 1. Bell School 3730 N. Oakley and 2. Epiphany Church 2008 w. Bradley (and Damen). Suggested donation is $5 and proceeds go to the Common PantryThe Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-44262478241004944022012-06-10T22:00:00.002-05:002012-06-10T22:01:35.101-05:00Montrose Green Vegetable Garden
An organic pop-up garden in Ravenswood is giving restaurants a chance to grow their own food.
By David Tamarkin
TimeOut Chicago
June 7, 2012
Mercedes Prause, Elizabeth Wenscott, Lisa Hish, Karen Carter, and Julie Hobert
The plot of land just west of the Montrose Brown Line stop had been empty for years. A sign on the lot had long promised a mixed-use building featuring The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-21210970426423653832012-05-30T11:23:00.000-05:002012-05-30T11:23:18.362-05:00Northcenter Community Yard Sale
Click on this map to make larger, then select print. Here is the official Northcenter Community Yard Sale map!
The Northcenter Neighborhood Association has organized a community garage sale for this coming weekend – June 2nd (June 3rd rain date). Sales will be taking place from 9am-3pm and are located all over Northcenter (Montrose to Addison and Ravenswood to the River).There are more than 60The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-68140827129001679642012-05-21T13:34:00.000-05:002012-05-21T13:34:23.689-05:00Urban Conservation and Biodiversity Is Right Around the Corner
Photo by: Sarah Tilotta
By Patty Wetli
To the untrained eye, the Northcenter Neighborhood Association’s Parkway Corners Initiative appears to be little more than a beautification effort, swapping out turf for pretty plants and flowers. To Laurel Ross, Urban Conservation Director at the Field Museum, it looks like part of a biodiversity recovery plan.
“A lot of The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-3160454991249576732012-05-07T17:28:00.002-05:002012-05-07T17:29:44.635-05:00NNA Annual Yard/Garage Sale
Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle
Saturday June 2, 2012
(rain date: Sunday June 3)
9:00am-3:00pm
Pick up map at 2037 W. Bradley PlaceThe Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-10937464714718747642012-05-07T11:09:00.001-05:002012-05-07T11:10:53.704-05:00Bird List - Chicago River, Berteau to Montrose
Below is a list of birds spotted during one day! 4/30/12 Clearly the river and the green space up and down the river is a great asset to all of us and one we should continue to take great care of.
Canada Goose 15
Mallard 8
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Green Heron 2
Ring-billed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-81038152060875863062012-04-24T09:00:00.000-05:002012-04-24T09:21:59.272-05:00Special Event with Speakers Rinda West and Laurel Ross
Rinda West
Laurel Ross
Wed. May 2, Revere Park Field House, Special Event, 7 pm. NNA's Environmental Committee will host speakers Rinda West (Rinda West Landscape Designs, http://rindawestdesigns.com) and Laurel Ross (Urban Conservation Director, Environmental and Conservation Programs - Field Museum) who will talk about:
the advantages of gardening with native plants
where to The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-68738996068931115012012-04-18T10:23:00.002-05:002012-05-26T00:08:58.679-05:00The Greening of Northcenter, One Plant at a TimeThe Greening of Northcenter, One Plant at a Time
By Patty Wetli
Center Square Journal
With the announcement of Montrose Green–a community garden in collaboration with the Peterson Garden Project–and the Parkway Corners Initiative, Northcenter is fast becoming the little green neighborhood on the prairie.
“Our overall mission is to reduce climate change; one part is plant sources,The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-80105424525015194852012-04-03T12:12:00.000-05:002012-04-03T12:12:55.703-05:00Community Garden Within 24 hours!
This week we are celebrating April and our brand new community garden at Montrose Green! The garden filled up within twenty-four hours. Thank you to all who signed up to support us. We are very proud of this endeavor.
For all those who were one of the lucky ones to get a plot don't miss out on the community gardens first informational event on Monday April 9th at 7pm with LaManda Joy who The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-5881824121109855062012-04-01T20:55:00.000-05:002012-04-01T20:55:46.352-05:00April 9, 2012 Special Event 7-9pmApril 9, 2012Northcenter Neigborhood AssociationEnvironmental Committee Presents2 SPECIAL EVENTS IN ONE NIGHT!Revere Park Fieldhouse2509 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago IL 60618
7:00 - 8:00pmLaManda Joy Talks About The New Montrose Green Community Garden
LaManda Joy, Founder of The Peterson Garden Project, will be speaking and answering questions about the new the new garden, Montrose Green Community The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-7305870015077559312012-03-30T16:17:00.001-05:002012-03-30T16:19:17.773-05:00Montrose Green Collaborates to Sponsor First Community Garden in Northcenter
Location of our future community garden!
Montrose Green Collaborates to Sponsor First Community Garden in Northcenter Thanks to the incredible efforts of Lisa Hish and Elizabeth Wenscott, the ladies behind Northcenter Neighborhood Association’s environmental group, “The Greening of Northcenter,” Northcenter is proud to announce the coming of it’s first organic, community garden this The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500792952664631416.post-91722834506561045872012-03-30T12:05:00.000-05:002012-03-30T12:05:19.147-05:00AnthropoceneThe Anthropocene is a recent and informal geologic chronological term that serves to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the Earth's ecosystems. The term was coined by ecologist Eugene F. Stoermer but has been widely popularized by the Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul The Greening of Northcenter Neighborhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379333230476155857noreply@blogger.com0